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Most photographic portraits since the 1860s were done as either CDVs of cabinet cards. This changed at the turn-of-the 20th century. We still see many cabinet cards in the 1900s, butb photographs began to be done in many different ways. We note a tendency for framed portraits (decorated paper frames) by the 1900s as well as the popularity of postcard-back portraits beginning about 1904. The family snapshots from the new Kodak Browies were often printed on post-card back paper. Tdevelopment of the Kodak Brownie and the popularity of amateur snapshots seems to have greatly expanded the numbdr of available images. It may have adversrly affected formal studio portraits go some extent, but westill see large numbers of cabinet cards. The popularity of cabinet cards and even CDVs persisted longer in Europe. Also after about 1895 new forms of cabinet cards appeared. This may have been in part a response to the greater competition from amateur photography. Studios may have thought that the new cabinet mounts would attract more interest. The old-style cabinet cards mounts did not disappear so we dee both the new styles and the old styles during the 1900s. Overall the popularity of cabinet cards declined during the 1900s. We see very few American CDVs during this decaded, but some CDVs were made in Europe. We note sets with with whicker furniture, especially white whicjer furniture. Here we see white furniture (figure 1).
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